Category Archives: State News
SLC Senior Awarded Research Grant
Silver Lake College senior biology major Anna Hall of Denmark, Wisconsin, was recently awarded a grant from TriBeta Research Foundation to use toward researching her senior thesis, "Sugar Content of I...
Dec 01, 2017
Manitowoc Man Arrested After Strangling Woman
A 49 year old Manitowoc man was arrested Wednesday night after a fight between him and a woman in his home. Police arrived at the home in the 700 block of South 15th Street at around 10:00 PM, after a...
Dec 01, 2017
TRPD Searching for Hit and Run Suspect
Officers of the Two Rivers Police Department are searching for the driver responsible for a hit and run incident last night. At approximately 5:30 PM, an 18-year-old woman and 14-year-old girl were in...
Dec 01, 2017
Man Accused Of 21 Sexual Assaults Requests Change Of Venue
A man accused of 21 sexual assaults in Madison is asking the court for a change of venue. Attorneys for Alec Cook also want the prosecution not to be allowed to use Cook's diary at his trial. Police s...
Dec 01, 2017
Woman Charged With Taking Granddaughter Without Permission
A 43-year-old West Allis woman faces multiple charges for allegedly taking her four-year-old granddaughter without permission and staying on the run for several days. Kelly Smith had been with the chi...
Dec 01, 2017
Governor Signs Industrial Hemp Bill Into Law
The sponsor of a bill which lets Wisconsin farmers grow industrial hemp says Governor Scott Walker's signature will make the state a national and global leader in hemp production. Republican State Rep...
Dec 01, 2017
WEDC: Backer Of Foxconn Payments Can Guarantee Them
The state says a holding company can financially stay true to its commitment to pay local governments for Foxconn land and amenities. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation says S-I-O Internat...
Nov 30, 2017
Court: Church Display Did Not Qualify For 2014 Tax Exemption
A state appeals court says a church display in Madison did not qualify for a property tax break three years ago. Saint Raphael's Catholic church put up the display in 2012 on land where a cathedral bu...
Nov 30, 2017
Phone Scammer Calls Sheriff
A phone scammer gets more than she bargained for when she called the wrong person this week. Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt was at work when his caller I-D showed an invalid phone number -- so he r...
Nov 30, 2017
Baby Jesus Stolen From Nativity Scene In Menasha
A figure of the baby Jesus has been stolen from a nativity scene outside a Fox Valley church. Joyce Naps of Saint Patrick's Catholic Church in Menasha says the thief had to climb a scaffold and move s...
Nov 30, 2017
